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Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience communicating marine science, technology, environmental and engineering news and information. She has held positions at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HA Perry Foundation and Sea Data Corporation. In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network (MOTN). (Story on page 22) Larry Pearson is a freelance writer from Metairie, La. Pearson is currently a contributor to MTR sister-publication, Marine News, and has edited his own publication, Passenger Vessel News, and was managing editor of WorkBoat. This month in MTR he writes on the new FRV Henry B. Bigelow. (Story on page 18) Writer-photographer Don Sutherland has operated as an "embedded photojournalist" on location for over 30 years. He's sometimes described as "the inventor of digital photography." Evidence is at www.don-sutherland.com. (Story on page 30) www.seadiscovery.com NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 FLORIDA 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-1659; Fax: (561) 732-6984 PUBLISHER John C. O'Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher & Editor Gregory R. Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com Editorial Director Maggie Merrill Editorial Intern Kate Elizabeth Queram queram@marinelink.com Production Manager John Guzman guzman@marinelink.com Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina tabakina@marinelink.com Manager, Information Services Tina Veselov veselov@marinelink.com Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger rothenberger@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink.com Marketing Coordinator Jocelyn Pearring pearring@marinelink.com Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com ADVERTISING Sales Manager Dominick Daddio daddio@marinelink.com Classified Ad Sales Dale L. Barnett barnett@marinelink.com Senior Vice President, Sales Brett W. Keil bkeil@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-1185; Fax: (561) 732-8414 Senior Vice President, Sales Rob Howard howard@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Vice President of Sales Lucia M. Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com CHARLES E. KEIL, Vice President, International Operations 215 NW Third Street, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: +561-732-0312; Fax: +561-732-8063 24-hr Tel/Fax: +561-998-0313; Mobile Tel: +561-716-0338 e-mail: ckeil@marinelink.com www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 3 on the Cover The harbor fence and the underwater sentry system protecting a ship in port. (See story on page 34) also in this Edition 4 Editorial 4 Editorial Index 6 USV Industry Day held in Washington 8 LOCO for Microscopic Sea Life 13 Undersea “Looters” go High Tech 49 People & Company News 54 Products 60 MTR Marketplace: JOBS 64 Advertiser’s Index the Authors MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 11/15/2005 3:09 PM Page 5
